Can opener attachment



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CAN OPENER ATTACHMENT Filed Sept. 1, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l Invenior IWjZaoWQ/vW/Is A iiorneys June 1, 193 7.

w. KUSNAROWIS 2,082,402 CAN OPENER ATTACHMENT Filed Sept. 1, 1936 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Wfd/J/m/"w w's Attorneys I Patented June 1, 1937UNETED STA PATENT OFFICE one-third to Peter P.

Application September 4 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in canopeners and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner ashereinafter set forth, an attachment for openers through the medium ofwhich the contents of the can will be prevented from squirting orspraying therefrom when the initial penetration is made.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide anattachment of the aforementioned character which may be expeditiouslymounted in position on a conventional can opener.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a can opener attachment ofthe character described which will be comparatively simple inconstruction, strong, durable, highly efficient and reliable in use,compact, light in weight and which may be manufactured at low cost.

0 All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of theinvention will become apparent from a study of the followingspecification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawingswherein like characters of reference designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, and wherein:-

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a can opener equipped with anattachment constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing said opener about to be applied to a can.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of an opener with the attachment mountedthereon.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view.

Figure 4 is a view in vertical longitudinal section through an openerand. the attachment.

Figure 5 is a detail view in plan of the blank from which the resilientshield support is formed.

Figure 6 is a detail View in perspective of the shield.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that thereference numeral i designates generally a conventional can opener, saidopener including a handle 2 in the form of a substantially flat metallicbar having an opening 3 in one end portion for hanging the device on asuitable support, such as a hook or nail. This end portion of the openeris also provided with means, as at 4, for removing bottle crowns andsimilar 50 closures. At its other end, the handle 2 terminates in adownwardly curved point constituting a punch 5 which is adapted topenetrate the top of a can 6. Struck downwardly from this end portion ofthe handle 2 is a hook I which 55 is engageable beneath the rim 8 of thecan 6.

Mosteoki, Barre, Mass.

1, 1936, Serial No. 98,959

When the hook I is struck from the handle 2 a slot or opening 9 is lefttherein (see Figure 4).

The attachment which constitutes the presentinvention comprises aresilient arm in of suitable metal having an integral T-head H on oneend thereof. The end portions of the T-head II are bent downwardly andinwardly, as at l2, for engagement beneath the handle 2 for slidablymounting the attachment in position on the opener.

It will be noted that the resilient arm Hi is longitudinally curved (seeFigures 1 and. 4). Mounted on the free end portion of the resilient armi0 is a compressible or resilient shield l3 in the form of a disk ofsuitable material, preferably sponge rubber. The flexible andcompressible shield 13 normally rests on the convex or upper side of thedownwardly curved punch portion 5 of the opener I.

It is thought that the operation of the invention will be readilyapparent from a consideration of the foregoing. The hook I of the openeris engaged beneath the rim 8 and the punch 5 is engaged with the top ofthe can in the usual manner. Upward pressure is then exerted on thehandle2 for causing the punch 5 to penetrate the top of the can. Anyliquid or gases squirting or spraying from the can when the initialpeneration is made by the punch 5 will be arrested or blocked by theshield [3. Further, the shield 13 being of absorbent material, such assponge rubber, the liquids squirting or spraying from the can will beabsorbed thereby. The shield I3 is adopted to rest on top of the can 6as the punch 5 is caused to penetrate said can. It will also be observedthat the construction and arrangement is such that the shield l3 may, ifdesired, be adjusted longitudinally on the opener.

.It is believed that the many advantages of a can opener attachmentconstructed in accordance with the present invention will be readilyunderstood, and although a preferred embodiment of the device is asillustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in thedetails of construction may be resorted to which will fall within thescope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:-

1. In a can opener including a punch adapted to penetrate a can, ashield of absorbent material mounted on the opener above the punch.

2. In a can opener including a punch adapted to penetrate a can, aresilient arm mounted on the opener, and a flexible, absorbent shieldmounted on said arm above the punch.

3. In a can opener including a handle and a said arm including inturnedend portions embracing the handle for slidably mounting the arm inposition thereon, and a circular shield of flexible, absorbent materialmounted on the other end portion of the arm and resting on the 5 punch.c

WALTER KUSNAROWIS.

